Can I touch my belly often when I’m pregnant?

Many people have the habit of touching their belly or massaging their belly by themselves. We need to remind everyone that abdominal massage requires methods and techniques. If the massage is done incorrectly, it may cause health hazards. Therefore, you must learn it before massaging. Regular abdominal massage can promote digestion and prevent many diseases. So, can pregnant women touch their belly frequently?

Can I touch my belly often when I’m pregnant?

After pregnancy, a woman's belly usually gets bigger as the baby grows. As your belly grows, your baby's body will grow with it. Gradually, the baby can feel the mother's heartbeat and voice. It is now advocated to give prenatal education to the baby in the belly. So, can you touch the belly often during pregnancy?

1. Touch your belly after pregnancy, but it is not recommended to touch it frequently. When touching, you should also pay attention to touching in a clockwise direction. Remember not to use too much force. Touching the belly can increase the intimacy with the child. When touching the belly, you can communicate with the child while stroking the belly, let the child know the mother's love for him, which is beneficial to the growth of the baby in the belly.

2. In the later stages of pregnancy, it is best not to touch your belly frequently. Because when you touch your belly, the baby in your belly will move along. If the fetal movement is too frequent, it can easily cause the umbilical cord to wrap around the neck. You can touch your belly when the baby moves, so that the baby can feel the mother is by his side, which is beneficial to the baby's brain development.

3. It is best not to touch the belly frequently in the late pregnancy. Touching the belly frequently can easily cause uterine contractions in the mother. Once severe uterine contractions occur, it will cause premature birth of the fetus, which will cause some harm to the health of the fetus and the mother. It is recommended that mothers must avoid touching their belly frequently before giving birth.

Frequently touching your belly during pregnancy may cause these 3 phenomena. After reading this, don’t touch your belly frequently anymore!

1. Malposition of the fetus

Abnormal fetal position can easily lead to difficult labor or even failure of natural delivery. Generally speaking, in the early stages of pregnancy, the baby is relatively small and has enough space to move around. However, as the pregnancy progresses, the baby grows and develops faster and faster and becomes larger, which leads to a decrease in amniotic fluid and less space for the baby to move around. Generally speaking, after 32 weeks of pregnancy, the baby's fetal position is relatively fixed. However, when the baby is adjusting its fetal position around 30 to 32 weeks, if you touch your belly too frequently, it may cause the baby to be in an abnormal fetal position.

2. Umbilical cord around the neck

Generally speaking, the probability of the umbilical cord being wrapped around the neck is relatively high. About 20% to 25% of pregnant women will be found to have the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck during prenatal check-ups. The umbilical cord around the neck is mainly caused by the baby being active and rolling around frequently. If you touch your pregnant belly too frequently, the baby may rotate in one direction frequently during the few months when he has more room to move, causing the umbilical cord to wrap around his neck. Generally, the baby will circle back by itself, but pregnant mothers should try not to touch the belly frequently during this period.

3. Premature birth

After 36 weeks of pregnancy, the uterus will be slowly squeezed by the baby, and false labor is likely to occur at this time. If you touch your pregnant belly too frequently, you may easily have irregular labor, which is called false labor. This may stimulate the uterus and cause premature birth of the fetus, which no one wants to happen. Therefore, pregnant mothers must be careful not to touch their pregnant belly too frequently during pregnancy.